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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Java SE affects IBM Control Center (CVE-2021-35578)

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Summary

A maliciously crafted TLS 1.3 ClientHello packet can trigger a NullPointerException and an SSLException instead ofbeing rejected gracefully. The fix ensures that the invalid data is rejected gracefully.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-35578
DESCRIPTION:   An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the JSSE component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211654 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM Control Center6.1.3
IBM Control Center6.2.1.0
IBM Control Center6.2.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

iFix

Remediation

 IBM Control Center

 6.1.3.0

 iFix12

Fix Central - 6.1.3.0

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.0.0

 iFix16

Fix Central - 6.2.0.0   (ETA by 3-25-2022) 

 IBM Control Center

 6.2.1.0

 iFix06

Fix Central - 6.2.1.0  (ETA by 3-25-2022)

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 Mar 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
16 March 2022

UID

ibm16564751

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